November 21, 2020

 

1     LES HART

2     BOB STOKOE

3     RYAN LOWE

4     NEVILLE SOUTHALL

5     DEREK SPENCE

6     DAVID FLITCROFT

7     COLIN BELL

8     BRIAN WILLIAMS

9     GEORGE JONES

10    SAMMY MCILROY

11    GEORGE BUCHAN

12    NICKY ADAMS

13    TERRY MCDERMOTT

14    DANNY MAYOR

15    DEAN KIELY

16    BILLY RUDD

17    DANIEL NARDIELLO

18    ANDY BISHOP

19    KEITH KENNEDY

20    PAUL AIMSON

21    BHAICHUNG BHUTIA

22    ANTHONY BAILEY

23    RON PHILIPS

24    DAVID NUGENT

25    PADDY KENNY

26    WAYNE ENTWISTLE

27    CHRIS BRASS

28    ALEC LINDSAY

29    NEIL RAMSBOTTOM

30    BRIAN BARRY-MURPHY

31    BOBBY COLLINS

32    DAVID BUCHANAN

33    ROY PARNELL

34    MALCOLM BROWN

35    CAMERON NATHAN

36    STAN BOWLES

37    GREG FARRELL

38    LEON CLARKE

39    CHRIS HARKER

40    HARRY BUNN

41    ALEX DAWSON

42    ANDY ROWLAND

43    CAMERON BELFORD

44    RAY POINTER

45    GERRY KEENAN

46    TONY BARTLEY

47    NEIL DANNS

48    BRIAN TURNER

49    TREVOR CARSON

50    EDDIE COLQUHOUN

51    NICKY MAYNARD

52    WILL AIMSON

53    BRIAN STANTON

54    BOBBY OWEN

55    NICKY AJOSE

56    ALAN JACKSON

57    DOM TELFORD

58    PETER CLARKE

59    DAVID HATTON

60    KYLE BENNETT

61    GORDON ATHERTON

62    BILL CALDER

63    CAMERON BURGESS

64    TOM KENNEDY

65    TOM ALDRED

66    GEORGE HAMPSTEAD

67    DANIEL BACHMAN

68    JIMMY NICHOLSON

69    DANNY CARLTON

70    HARRY BUNNER

71    GARY BRABIN

72    TERRY GENNOE

73    JIMMY KERR

74    REECE BROWN

75    JAKE CARROLL

76    LIAM ROBINSON

77    ALEX BRUCE

78    PETER FARRELL

79    LEON BARNETT

80    HUGH TINNEY

81    DAMIEN ALLEN

82    ELLIOTT BENNETT

83    HUGHIE RILEY

84    DAI WAI TSUN

85    COLIN WALDRON

86    SEAN CLARE

87    COLIN KAZIM – RICHARDS

88    SEBASTIEN CAROLE

89    CHRIS LUCKETTI

90    TOM BEADLING

91    CIAN BOLGER

92    JAY O’SHEA

93    STEPHEN DAWSON

94    CHRIS STOKES

95    JOE MURPHY

96    CALLUM STYLES

97    EOGHAN O’CONNELL

98    CALLUM MCFADZEAN

99    ALEX ALSTON

100  LEE DIXON

Bonus Ball answer ……

101   JOHN FORREST

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

October 2020

(usual copyright rules apply)

Many Thanks for visiting my website   Regards Harriet

 

November 13, 2020

 

 

 

1     DOMINIC CALVERT – LEWIN

2     NEVILLE SOUTHALL

3     YERRY MINA

4     SANDRO RAMIREZ

5     MIKEL ARTETA

6     HOWARD KENDALL

7     ANTHONY GORDON

8     ALAN BALL

9     DUNCAN FERGUSON

10    ROMELU LUKAKU

11    JOE ROYLE

12    KEVIN RATCLIFFE

13    RICHARLISON

14    TIM CAHILL

15    ADRIAN HEATH

16    LOUIS SAHA

17    DIXIE DEAN

18    GARY LINEKER

19    FABIAN DELPH

20    ALLAN

21    ANDREI KANCHELSKIS

22    PETER REID

23    JAMES RODRIGUEZ

24    THOMAS GRAVESEN

25    SEAMUS COLEMAN

26    RAY WILSON

27    ABDOULAYE DOUCOURE

28    PETER BEARDSLEY

29    NIELS NKOUNKOU

30    TOMMY LAWTON

31    ALEX IWOBI

32    JEAN – PHILIPPE GBAMIN

33    ANDRE GOMES

34    WAYNE ROONEY

35    TREVOR STEVEN

36    JORDAN PICKFORD

37    TIM HOWARD

38    TOM DAVIES

39    GYLFI SIGUROSSON

40    ALEX YOUNG

41    BERNARD

42    TREVOR ROSS

43    MICHAEL KEANE

44    JARRAD BRANTHWAITE

45    JOLEON LESCOTT

46    CENK TOSUN

47    JIM McDONAGH

48    YANNICK BOLASIE

49    PHIL NEVILLE

50    JONJOE KENNY

51    GARY STANLEY

52    LUCAS DIGNE

53    MUHAMED BESIC

54    COLIN HARVEY

55    JOAO VIRGINIA

56    LEIGHTON BAINES

57    MASON HOLGATE

58    ANDERS LIMPAR

59    JONAS LOSSL

60    PHIL JAGIELKA

61    BENI BANINGIME

62    TONY HIBBERT

63    STEVEN PIENAAR

64    DAVID UNSWORTH

65    BOB LATCHFORD

66    GRAEME SHARP

67    ANDY GRAY

68    MAROUANE FELLAINI

69    MIKE LYONS

70    JOSEPH YOBO

71    ASA HARTFORD

72    BRIAN LABONE

73    DAVID WEIR

74    DAVE WATSON

75    STEVE McMAHON

76    KEVIN SHEEDY

77    LEON OSMAN

78    ROY VERNON

79    GARY STEVENS

80    LEE CARSLEY

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

October 2020

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Many Thanks for visiting my website   Regards Harriet

 

 

November 5, 2020

 

 

With their first of fifteen hits on RCA,

in 71, The Sweet took ‘Funny Funny’ to No.13.

Also in 71, ‘Co – Co’, reached the Top 2,

and Alexander Graham Bell, made the No.33 scene.

 

In 72, ‘Poppa Joe’ climbed to No.11,

followed by ‘Little Willie’, with a No.4 won.

Also in 72, ‘Wig-Wam Bam’, made No.4,

and in 73, ‘Blockbuster’, enjoyed five weeks at No.1.

 

Still in 73, ‘Hell Raiser’, reached No.2,

and ‘The Ballroom Blitz’, also a Top 2.

In 74, ‘Teenage Rampage’, yet another Top 2,

with ‘The Six Teens’, at No.9, on view.

 

Ending 74, ‘Turn It Down’ peaked at No.41,

and in 75, ‘Fox On The Run’ made a No.2 cry.

Also in 75, ‘Action’ peaked at No.15,

and in 76, ‘Lies In Your Eyes’, a No.35 high.

 

In 78, ‘Love Is Like Oxygen’, at No.9,

was their first hit on Polydor.

And in 85, ‘It’s…It’s… The Sweet Mix’,

on Anagram, made a No.45 score.

 

R I P

Brian Connolly     1945 – 1997

Mick Tucker     1947 – 2002

Steve Priest     1948 – 2020

Thank You for the music

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

With all but one of their hits on Parlophone, in 94

‘Caught By The Fuzz’, at No.43, their first chart entry.

Followed in 95, by ‘Mansize Rooster’,

which climbed into the Top 20.

 

Also in 95, ‘Lose It’, on Sub Pop, made No.75,

and ‘Lenny’, back on Parlophone, had a Top 10 shout.

With ‘Alright’/’Time’, their last hit of 95 – a No.2,

and in 96, in the Top 5, was ‘Going Out’.

 

In 97, three more hits followed,

with ‘Richard 111’, claiming a Top 2 play.

Then ‘Sun Hits The Sky’, a Top 10,

and at No.18, came ‘Late In The Day’.

 

In 99, ‘Pumping On Your Stereo’, made No 11,

with ‘Moving’ at No.9, the next to arrive.

And ending 99, ‘Mary’ reached No.36,

and in 02,’Never Done Nothing Like That Before’, a No.75.

 

Also in 02, ‘Grace’ peaked at No.13,

and in 03, ‘Seen The Light’, rose to No.22.

In 04, ‘Kiss Of Life’ made No.23,

and in 05, ‘St Petersburg’, also a No.22.

 

Still in 05, reaching No.52, came ‘Low C’,

and in 08, ‘Bad Blood’ peaked at No.73.

Ending this run of chart hits,

for Supergrass, covering a fourteen year spree.

 

written by  Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

1     GEDSON FERNANDES

2     JIMMY GREAVES

3     JOE HART

4     GARTH CROOKS

5     GARETH BALE

6     LUKA MODRIC

7     SON HEUNG – MIN

8     GLENN HODDLE

9     LEDLEY KING

10    DAVE MACKAY

11    HARRY KANE

12    CHRIS WADDLE

13    PAUL GASCOIGNE

14    KYLE WALKER

15    DELE ALLI

16    CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN

17    TEDDY SHERINGHAM

18    DANNY BLANCHFLOWER

19    PIERRE – EMILE HOJBJERG

20    EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR

21    SERGIO REGUILON

22    TANGUY NDOMBELE

23    JOSE MOURINHO

24    BRANDON AUSTIN

25    JERMAIN DEFOE

26    STEVEN BERGWIJN

27    AARON LENNON

28    ROBBIE KEANE

29    CLIFF JONES

30    MATT DOHERTY

31    RAFAEL VAN DER VAART

32    CARLOS VINICIUS

33    CLIVE ALLEN

34    ERIC DIER

35    MARTIN CHIVERS

36    GARY LINEKER

37    BOBBY SMITH

38    GIOVANI LO CELSO

39    GARY MABBUTT

40    PAT JENNINGS

41    BILL NICHOLSON

42    SERGE AURIER

43    TERRY YORATH

44    HUGO LLORIS

45    SOL CAMPBELL

46    BEN DAVIES

47    GUS POYET

48    LUCAS MOURA

49    MICHAEL CARRICK

50    DIMITAR BERBATOV

51    HARRY REDKNAPP

52    ERIK LAMELA

53    STEVE ARCHIBALD

54    ALFIE WHITEMAN

55    RICARDO VILLA

56    JAPHET TANGANGA

57    LES FERDINAND

58    OSVALDO ARDILES

59    ALAN MULLERY

60    TOBY ALDERWEIRELD

61    MARTIN PETERS

62    HARRY WINKS

63    CYRIL KNOWLES

64    RYAN SESSEGNON

65    DENNIS CIRKIN

66    MOUSA DEMBELE

67    JURGEN KLINSMANN

68    DARREN ANDERTON

69    JACK CLARKE

70    DAVINSON  SANCHEZ

71    CAMERON CARTER – VICKERS

72    DAVID GINOLA

73    ALAN GILZEAN

74    PAULO GAZZANIGA

75    GERRY ARMSTRONG

76    MOUSSA SISSOKO

77    JAN VERTONGHEN

78    STEVE PERRYMAN

79    MICHAEL DAWSON

80    JUAN FOYTH

 

Many Thanks for visiting my website   Regards Harriet

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

October 2020

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October 29, 2020

 

 

1     L H    E STAR     3  4

2     BOOTS BE OK     3  6

3     E  AN LOWRY     4  4

4     L  HIS NET VALUE  LOL     7  8

5     C  KEEPER  SEND     5  6

6     O  DID V LIFT CRAFT     5  9

7     L LIONEL  C B     5  4

8     I B MAIN WALL SIR     5  8

9     O J  GOES GREEN     6  5

10   O MY MY  CALM SIR     5  7

11    O  U  C  GREEN B  AGH     6  6

12    SAY  KIND MAC     5  5

13    ME C MY DR TROTTER     5  9

14    Y  NR  A  MONDAY     5  5

15    E LIKED ANY     4  5

16    BUY D DRILL     5  4

17    L O  ALL NINE RAIDED     6  9

18    B ON DAY SHIP     4  6

19    HEY K   E INTEND K     5  7

20    SALMON UP AI     4  6

21    I B HATCHING U A HUB     9  6

22    ANY HONEY TAILS B     7  6

23    L I SHOPPIN R     3  7

24    ADDING V TUNE     5  6

25    Y ADD PENNY K     5  5

26    WI NESTLE NET WAY     5  9

27    B SIR   S ARCH S     5  5

28    I SAY END CALL     4  7

29     L B MARINES MOTTO     4  10

30    MARRY UP HARRY – IN BB     5  5 – 6

31    BY BILL COBSON     5  7

32    AND A   AVID BUNCH     5  8

33    N PLAY ERROL     3  7

34    L O MR B    OWN CALM     7  5

35    E C MATRON HANNA     7  6

36     AW SOLENT   S B     4  6

37    LARGE R LEG  G F     4  7

38    E NEAR  E LOCK     4  6

39    REACH SIR  H R K     5  6

40    H RAN BY   RUN     5  4

41    SOLE AND WAX     4  6

42    Y ROAD   LAND N W     4  7

43    N EMERALD ROOF  C  B     7  7

44    O Y A PRINTER     3  7

45    Y KEEN RANGER     5  6

46    Y  T  RELY ON BAT     4  7

47    N E  ISLAND  N     4  5

48    B T  AIR RUNNER     5  6

49    ROVER CARS ON T     6  6

50    DO HOLD IN QUEUE C     5  9

51    Y A CD  MARKIN  N Y     5  7

52    L I AM WILSON     4  6

53    N TOAST  RAN IN B     5  7

54    NOW BOY BE B     5  4

55    O NICE SKY A J     5  5

56    N LOCK  AS AN A J     4  7

57    L FORMED DOT     3  7

58    ELECT PARKER     5  6

59    D HAD IT ON A TV     5  6

60    NN  Y BE KETTLE     4  7

61    ANOTHER GOOD RTN     6  8

62    DERAIL  BL  CL     4  6

63    B MORE A GUESS  CRN     7  7

64    MY KEEN NOD T     3  7

65    D METAL ROD     3  6

66    O STAMPEDE A GH REG     6  9

67    MICHAEL AN BAND     6  7

68    I M   JN  IN MY SCHOOL     5  9

69    CAN TRY ON LAND     5  7

70    HURRY BANNER     5  6

71    BARGAIN BY R     4  6

72    RE ENTRY  GONE     5  6

73    Y  JK  RIMMER     5  4

74    ERE  E B CROWN     5  5

75    A ROLLER JACK     4  7

76    ROBINS ON MAIL     4  8

77    U  EXCEL BAR     4  5

78    RE  FREE  ALL PTR      5  7

79    E NOTE BANTER     4  7

80    HY  NUGENT  HI     4  6

81    LINE MAN LEAD     6  5

82    L   N TITLE TO BE NET     7  7

83    E Y I  RULE HIGH     6  5

84    I D    WAS A UNIT     3  3  4

85    ROLO  CW   INLAND     5  7

86    A  L A  SCREEN     4  5

87    HI RANK – COMIC LIZARDS     5  5 – 8

88    E  STABLE SCENARIO     9  6

89    CHICKS RULE IT  T     5  8

90    ME  LOADING  T B     3  8

91    OIL  RANGE  C B     4  6

92    AH’  A YES   O J     3  1  4

93    OPEN HANDS WEST     7  6

94   RESIST SHOCK     5  6

95    YEP  H  OUR  J M     3  6

96    Y MUST LES CALL     6  6

97    N  HE ONE GALLON  O’C     6  1  7

98    M N  U CALL   AMAZED  F C     6  9

99    SO  ALL NEXT  A     4  6

100   I D   E LEO NX     3  5

oops – I forgot to do the bonus ball …..

101   HR   J NETS ROOF     4  7

 

the answers will appear on my website –

blackbury-poems.com

on the 21st November 2020.

compiled by Harriet Blackbury

(usual copyright rules apply) 

Many Thanks for visiting my website – Regards Harriet.

 

      

October 23, 2020

 

 

1     VAR – O C TIMELINE WIN DCL     7  7 – 5

2     E L HOT SAVE IN LULL     7  8

3     Y REMAIN YR     5  4

4     AMAZE SIR OR DR NO     6  7

5     I MAKE RATTLE     5  6

6     H K DEAR LAND OWL     6  7

7     OH GRANT DONNY O     7  6

8     NB  AL  AL  AL     4  4

9     SUN GARDEN   FUN CO    6  8

10   U KULA LUK  OR ME     6  6

11    E JOY ROLE     3  5

12    C ELF  INVITE FA  KR     5  9

13    R LION  AS RICH     11

14    CHILL   I AM T     3  6

15    RAIN HAD HEAT     6  5

16    I SO  AS U HAL     5  4

17    E  INDEX  AID     5  4

18    RE   EARLY KING     4  7

19    D HELP  FAB  IAN     6  5

20    LA  N  LA     5

21    ASK  CHANNEL SKI RIDE     6  11

22    E PET RIDER     5  4

23    MAJOR USE Z RIDGE     5  9

24    MENTOR GAVE SASH     6  8

25    SO E A MUSCLE MAN     6  7

26    LIONS WAY  R     3  6

27    O U DELAY   O  OUR CAB DUE     9  8

28    DEEP BERRY TALES     5  9

29    U OK   U OK  LINES   N N     5  8

30    M W  TOO MANY  T L      5  6

31    I BOX   I LAW  E     4  5

32    I BE AN APP – HELPING JIM     4 – 8  6

33    N SOME GRADE     5  5

34    ONE WAY   Y  ONE   R     5  6

35    VOTER NEVER ST     6  6

36    ID    DON  PROFR JACK     6  8

37    I AM WORTH  D     3  6

38    VISTA MODE     3  6

39    SO US GO FLYING  SIR     5  10

40    U AN LEXY  GO     4  5

41    RED BARN     7

42    SORT ROVERS     6  4

43    LIKE EACH NAME     7  5

44    E THAT RAN   DRAW AIR   J B     6  11

45    NOTE  JOLT CLOSE     6  7

46    O C NET SUNK     4  5

47    AH   J M D   COMING     3  8

48    I   AS LINK BY OCEAN     7  7

49    L  I  HELP LIVEN     4  7

50    N N  ENJOY JOKE     6  5

51    Y  ARAN STYLE  G     4  7

52    I C DEAL SUNG     5  5

53    ME   AS U  B CHIMED     7  5

54    C   I HAVE ONLU  R     5  6

55    O JO  VIA AIRING     4  8

56    O NIGHT LINE BASE     8  6

57    AH   SOLO  MAGNET     5  7

58    SIR  READ M PLAN     6  6

59    ANS    S SOLO  J L     5  5

60    E  I  HIJKL   P GALA     4  8

61    I B IN NAMING  BEE     4  9

62    I  B  BY THRONE  T     4  7

63    E  A  PART IN SEVEN     6  7

64    U WINDSOR HAT  D V     5  8

65    AH  CF  BOOT DR  B L     3  9

66    A SHEER  M G RAP     6  5

67    Y A GRAND  Y     4  4

68    O U  REAL MAN   I IN LEAF     8  8

69    E SO  MY LINK     4  5

70    BY HOPE  SO JOY     6  4

71    SAHARA  T FORD     3  8

72    B L   BE IN AARON     5  6

73    WIDER  VIA  D     5  4

74    E  SAW AD  ON TV     4  6

75    CHASE V MOMENT     5  7

76    KEY HID SEVEN     5  6

77    N  SOLO  NAME     4  5

78    Y  ROVER  ON N     3  6

79    R  GAS  SEVENTY     4  7

80    Y  RELEASE  L C     3  7

 

the answers will appear on my website –

blackbury-poems.com

on 13th November 2020

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

October 2020

(usual copyright rules apply)

Thank you for visiting my website    Regards Harriet 

 

        

October 22, 2020

 

 

 

1     BUKAYO SAKA   

2     DENNIS BERGKAMP

3     KIERAN TIERNEY

4     ROBERT PIRES

5     STEVE BOULD

6     PATRICK VIEIRA

7     DANI CEBALLOS

8     MARTIN KEOWN

9     HECTOR BELLERIN

10    IAN WRIGHT

11    BERND LENO

12    TONY ADAMS

13    SOKRATIS

14    THIERRY HENRY

15    LEE DIXON

16    MOHAMED ELNENY

17    WILLIAN

18    REISS NELSON

19    GEORGE GRAHAM

20    ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE

21    SOL CAMPBELL

22    MESUT OZIL

23    KOLO TOURE

24    LUCAS TORREIRA

25    FREDDIE LJUNGBERG

26    CALUM CHAMBERS

27    DAVID SEAMAN

28    PIERRE – EMERICK AUBAMEYANG

29    CESC FABREGAS

30    DAVID LUIZ

31    MARC OVERMARS

32    AINSLEY MAITLAND – NILES

33    ASHLEY COLE

34    ROB HOLDING

35    MIKEL ARTETA

36    PABLO MARI

37    JENS LEHMANN

38    CEDRIC SOARES

39    NIGEL WINTERBURN

40    EMILIANO MARTINEZ

41    ROBIN VAN PERSIE

42    NICOLAS PEPE

43    PAUL MERSON

44    SHKODRAN MUSTAFI

45    RAY PARLOUR

46    GILBERTO SILVA

47    JOE WILLOCK

48    NICOLAS ANELKA

49    EDDIE NKETIAH

50    LIAM BRADY

51    MATTEO GUENDOUZI

52    PAT JENNINGS

53    SEAD KOLASINAC

54    PAT RICE

55    GABRIEL MARTINELLI

56    NWANKWO KANU

57    MATT MACEY

58    EMMANUEL PETIT

59    GRANIT XHAKA

60    CLIFF BASTIN

61    THEO WALCOTT

62    EDU

63    JACK WILSHERE

64    AARON RAMSEY

65    SANTI CAZORLA

66    FRANK McLINTOCK

67    ALEXIS SANCHEZ

68    CHARLIE GEORGE

69    SAMIR NASRI

70    PER MERTESACKER

71    LAURENT KOSCIELNY

72    EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR

73    BACARY SAGNA

74    WILLIAM GALLAS

75    TOMAS ROSICKY

76    WOJCIECH SZCZESNY

77    EDDIE NKETIAH

78    JIMMY RIMMER

79    BOB WILSON

80    WILLIAM SALIBA

 

Many Thanks for visiting my website

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

October 2020

(usual copyright rules apply)

 

 

October 21, 2020

 

 

With their first of nine hits on Fontana,

in 64, ‘I Can’t Stand It’ made a No.47 score.

Followed in 65, by ‘Every Little Hurts’, at No.41,

and ‘Strong Love’, reaching No.44.

 

Ending 65, ‘Keep On Running’

became their first UK No.1.

And in 66, ‘Somebody Help Me’, also a No.1,

before ‘When I Come Home’,  a No.12, won.

 

Finally in 66, ‘Gimme Some Lovin’, rose to No.2,

and opening 67, ‘I’m A Man’, peaked at No.9.

Also in 67, (their last hit on Fontana) –

‘Time Seller’, reached the Top 30 line .

 

In 68, on United Artists,

‘Mr Second Class’, made No.35.

And in 08, ‘I’m A Man’, now on Island,

at No.54, their last chart entry to arrive.

 

R.I.P.   Spencer Davis  1939 – 2020

Thank you for the music

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

October 15, 2020

 

 

 

T is for tension

when being face to face.

Month after month

without any space.

 

T is for tantrums

and letting off steam.

And tearing ones hair out

when needing to scream.

 

T is for terraferma

and going back to grass roots.

And ditching the car

in favour of bob hat and boots.

 

T is for targets

so essential indeed.

A mountain of enthusiasm

worth feet that bleed.

 

T is for theories –

no two the same.

Until proven facts

put theories to shame.

 

T is for then

when recalling the past.

How life goes so quickly

yet good moments last.

 

T is for theatre

and movement and dance.

With scenes full of tragedy

and comedy and romance.

 

T is for tinkling

those mesmeric keys.

What magical moments

to put us at ease.

 

T is for turbulence

experienced at sea.

Though conquering high waves

is addictive and free.

 

T is for thinking

too long and too hard.

About a mere nothing

one really should discard.

 

T is for touching

on subjects unwise.

A clumsy indiscretion

has one rolling eyes.

 

T is for toying

with a feeling of unrest.

Stay calm and do nothing

would perhaps be for the best.

 

T is for things –

no matter how small.

The tiniest of gifts

sometimes say it all.

 

T is for treachery

and jealousy and spite.

Which karma in the end

will always put right.

 

T is for touchstones

bringing good luck.

And there to be squeezed

when one comes unstuck.

 

T is for teeth

that chatter in the cold.

But if looked after properly

serve us til we are old.

 

T is for tasteful.

So simple yet smart.

With no hidden extras

here comes my sweetheart.

 

T is for timing

as we all know.

That precious moment lost

finds us knee deep in snow.

 

T is for trust

without it why live?

Tomorrow is a new day

with so much to give.

 

T is for tables

like two times ten.

Taught by repetition

over and over again.

 

T is for television

What did Logie Baird do?

When he invented the box

that we all fight to view.

 

T is for tokens

saved with good intent.

In exchange for loyalty

and money well spent.

 

T is for tomatoes –

upon them we depend.

Packed full of goodness

and always on trend.

 

T is for temptation –

the folly of the unwise.

Too often burnt fingers

cause welled up eyes.

 

T is for Tiresome –

another battle lost.

That second bottle opened

came at great cost.

 

T is for tiny

acorns that grow

into wise oaks

wiser than we all know.

 

T is for thunder

as the heavens let rip.

After lightening had warned us

to just get a grip.

 

T is for typical –

an umbrella forgotten.

When out of nowhere

the weather turns rotten.

 

T is for troubled

as many souls are.

After lingering too long

on that old battle scar.

 

T is for torture –

the last turn of the screw.

The final infidelity

by someone loved true.

 

T is for tenacity

en route to a goal.

Hold tight and be patient

and dreams will unroll.

 

T is for tenderness

and times worth waiting for.

Like the unexpected glimpse

of the one we adore.

 

T is for truth –

so hard to digest.

When facing an onslaught

someone got off their chest.

 

T is for teamwork

and original ideas.

Staying focused the key

to success and cheers.

 

T is for tickled

in all shades of pink.

Recalling wonderful memories

as we sit and think.

 

T is for trappings

and material worth.

Though peace of mind really

the best thing on earth.

 

T is for tears

that we all grieve.

For the love of our life

when, from this world, they leave.

 

T is for timidity –

being anxious and shy.

As another lost opportunity

goes sailing by.

 

T is for trying

something that’s new.

You’ll know in an instant

if indeed it’s for you.

 

T is for testicles –

check them each day.

Any sign of a lump

then get help straight away.

 

T is for thankful

for small mercies gained.

When instructions so difficult

at last are explained.

 

T is for tangerines –

what a start to each day!

Packed with vitamin C

to keep colds at bay.

 

T is for treasure

gathered by default.

Too varied and vast

to sit in any bank vault.

 

T is for triumph –

we live for the day,

when stands full of fans

all watching teams play.

 

T is for tablets

of deep cleansing soap.

To rid us of Covid

and give us all hope.

 

T is for turning

as autumn leaves do.

My favourite of seasons

when out walking with you.

 

T is for tomorrow

and never never land.

That vast ocean of hope

across desert sand.

 

T is for total.

No more or no less.

Enough is enough.

Goodnight, God Bless.

 

written by Harriet Blackbury

 

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